Invasion History
First Non-native Panama (Caribbean) Tidal Record: 1935Panama Invasion History:
Invasion history elsewhere in the world:
None
Description
None
Taxonomy
Taxonomic Tree
| Kingdom: | Animalia | |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea | |
| Class: | Malacostraca | |
| Subclass: | Eumalacostraca | |
| Superorder: | Eucarida | |
| Order: | Decapoda | |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata | |
| Infraorder: | Anomura | |
| Family: | Porcellanidae | |
| Genus: | Petrolisthes | |
| Species: | robsonae |
Synonyms
Potentially Misidentified Species
Petrolisthers armatus
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Petrolisthes lindae
None
None
Petrolisthes lindae
None
Ecology
Food:
Phytoplankton, detritus
Trophic Status:
Suspension Feeder
SusFedHabitats
| General Habitat | Rocky | None |
| General Habitat | Canals | None |
| Salinity Range | Mesohaline | 5-18 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Polyhaline | 18-30 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Euhaline | 30-40 PSU |
| Tidal Range | Subtidal | None |
| Tidal Range | Low Intertidal | None |
| Tidal Range | Mid Intertidal | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Epibenthic | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Minimum Salinity (‰) | 9.7 | Field, Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal (Gore 1982) |
| Maximum Length (mm) | 8 | Haig (1860) |
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Tropical |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Mesohaline-Euhaline |
General Impacts
Occurrence Map
| OCC_ID | Author | Year | Date | Locality | Status | Latitude | Longitude |
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References
Abele, Lawrence G.; Kim, Won (1989) The decapod crustaceans of the Panama Canal, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 482: 1-50Gore, Robert H. (1982) Porcellanid crabs from the coasts of Mexico and Central America (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 363: 1-34
Gore, Robert H.; Abele, Lawrence G. (1976) Shallow water porcelain crabs from the Pacific coast of Panama and adjacent Caribbean waters (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae), Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 237: 1-30
Haig, Janet (1960) The Porcellanidae (Crustacea Anomura) of the eastern Pacific, Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 24: 1-400